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Air quality is based on ozone alert days and number of pollutants in the air, as reported by the EPA.The EPA has a complex method of measuring watershead quality using 15 indicators.Superfund index is based on the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup effort.

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